Galway firm to build 430-bed student accommodation at NUIG
Galway contractor JJ Rhatigan has been selected to build a new 429-bed student accommodation development at NUI Galway. The firm – based on Fr Griffin Road in the city – will design and build the...
View ArticleControversial Oranmore nursing home plan gets approval
Controversial plans to transform the Galway Oyster hotel in Oranmore into a nursing home have been given the go-ahead. Tasbeem Limited has been given the green light to proceed with the project by An...
View ArticleDetectives monitor activities of top 40 criminals
Detectives in County Galway are monitoring the activities of up to 40 people who are liable to commit burglaries. Garda Chief Superintendent Tom Curley said there were between 20 and 40 ‘top’ people...
View ArticleConnemara village has ambitious €2.5m plan to secure its future
Students from seven American colleges are set to send students to the tiny Connemara village of Tullycross to study – if the local development company can raise €2.5 million to build a new education...
View ArticleGardaí investigate claim that hospital staff member attacked colleague with...
A criminal investigation is taking place following an incident at the Psychiatric Unit in University Hospital Galway in which one staff member is accused of stabbing a colleague with a hypodermic...
View ArticleBallinasloe Fair fears for future over licences
Fears for the future of Ballinasloe Horse Fair have been expressed in view of new bye-laws that are being introduced in other parts of the country for similar fairs and markets. The strict new laws...
View ArticleTraffic gridlock eases following two-car collision
The road has now fully reopened following a collision on the Headford Road earlier today. Two people were hospitalised with non life-threatening injuries following the two car crash, which took place...
View ArticleUnemployment down 12% in Galway over past year
Unemployment in Galway increased last month. An extra 44 people signed on the Live Register bringing the city and county’s unemployment figure to 14,135. The biggest increase in Live Register figures...
View ArticleGalway mayoral gifts cost just €900 over three years
When it comes to buying presents, Galway City Council abides by the rule: ‘It’s the thought that counts’. The local authority has spared quite a bit of expense by opting for buying thoughtful gifts...
View ArticleWestwood to close next year to make way for 400 student beds
The well-known Westwood Hotel in Newcastle will close its doors next year to make way for the development of 400 student accommodation bed spaces. Hotelier and publican Terry Sweeney has sold the...
View ArticleGarda ‘no-nonsense’ approach for Mayo Monday and Donegal Tuesday
Gardaí will be taking a ‘no-nonsense’ approach to antisocial behaviour and public drinking during ‘Mayo Monday’ and ‘Donegal Tuesday’, as part of next week’s unofficial student ‘RAG Week’. The events...
View Article2,500 waited more than a day for treatment at Emergency Dept
More than 2,500 patients waited longer than 24 hours to receive treatment in the Emergency Department at University Hospital Galway last year, internal records have revealed. The shocking figures show...
View ArticlePlanners approve Moycullen glamping and adventure centre
Permission has been granted for the development of an adventure centre and glamping site in Moycullen. The project is led by Delphi Outdoors Limited which already operates a leisure resort at Delphi...
View ArticleTwo men held over seizure of 4,000 ecstasy tablets
Gardaí have seized around 4,000 ecstasy tablets in the city, which were destined for Galway’s unofficial Rag Week next week. The drugs were discovered this afternoon during a search in the Ballybrit...
View ArticleCanney backs plan to merge Galway city and county
The biggest decision ever to affect the whole of Galway is due within a few weeks when a review group will rule if the city and county local authorities are to be amalgamated – it will have huge...
View ArticleDublin crime gang thought to be behind spate of burglaries
A gang from the greater Dublin area are thought to have been involved in about 15 house break-ins across different parts of Galway on the last two weekends of January. A significant amount of jewellery...
View ArticleRural-based learning key to community-driven project
The plan to lure American college students to a tiny rural hamlet in Connemara could be replicated across the west of Ireland. Connemara West was named as the body responsible for examining the...
View ArticleGarda chief: underage drinking a problem throughout county
Underage drinking is a problem throughout the county, according to Galway’s top Garda. Consumption of alcohol is not only confined to third level students, Chief Superintendent Tom Curley said, but...
View ArticleCouncillors pledge full support to N59 upgrade
Connemara area councillors have pledged their full support for the upgrade plans for the N59 road. The councillors voted unanimously in support of a motion to this effect yesterday evening following an...
View ArticleFile for DPP over ‘Rag Week’ drugs seizure
A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions and two men have been released following a major seizure of drugs destined for Galway’s unofficial Rag Week. 4,000 ecstasy tablets and a...
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